1. You get blood splattered all over your slippers and you just sigh and keep doing what you were doing.2. You take an inordinate amount of joy in ripping meat and bones apart with your bare hands.3. You forget to warn people of all the meat pieces when they open your fridge.

"Remember - every time your dog gets somewhere on a tight leash *a fairy dies and it's all your fault.* Think of the fairies." http://www.positivepetzine.com"

Ha! I've been eying a pair of probable blood trickles on the kitchen wall right behind the scale for a few days. now thinking - 'hmmmmm, look that's probably something gross'.. Now that I'm saying the words, that IS pretty gross, so I'm off to scrub them!

10. You read the store circulars JUST for (dog) meat prices with no intention of shopping for the household on that run.

11. You pour a drink and lay 30lbs of assorted eat on the counter to hack up for a couple of hours (inc. bagging).

13. The thought of having to pick up poop from a kibble-fed dog makes your gag reflex kick in.14. You discuss your dog's poop on an extremely regular basis and can tell from the color/consistency what meat has been fed.15. You enjoy interrogating people who sell pre-made raw mixes (asked somebody today if the meat was grain-fed or grass-fed - his response was, "it's complicated." No, it's not.)16. You open the fridge or freezer and all meat inside is for the dog, not you.17. When you buy meat for yourself, you almost feel guilty eating it.

"Remember - every time your dog gets somewhere on a tight leash *a fairy dies and it's all your fault.* Think of the fairies." http://www.positivepetzine.com"

He was really focused on tripe and said that because you can only get so much tripe from one cow, small grass-fed farms often have to buy tripe from other farms and they won't know how it was raised. I wanted to say, "they will if they are concerned" but didn't feel like arguing.

"Remember - every time your dog gets somewhere on a tight leash *a fairy dies and it's all your fault.* Think of the fairies." http://www.positivepetzine.com"

When you poll Facebook on what type of sawzall blade would work best for cutting deer legs up, hoping your hunting buddies will reply, and also hoping that your friends don't think you're the next Dexter.

When you take over the garage for 2 days, forcing your boyfriend's precious cars outside, so you have more room to "bag and tag" your latest venison haul.

HappyPuppy wrote:11. You pour a drink and lay 30lbs of assorted eat on the counter to hack up for a couple of hours (inc. bagging).

12. You are proud of cutting up a 5+ chicken in less than 5 minutes.

So glad I'm not the only one who A) drinks while processing and B ) times myself processing.

I was also asked about Andre's poop condition by the vet, and since I'm feeding him kibble right now, I had to really think about it and describe it before I knew whether it was ok or not... there's so much of it. And it's so gross. (since bringing him in, I have a LOT more poop on my shoes if I don't scoop very regularly; raw has spoiled me)

"In these bodies, we will live; in these bodies we will die.Where you invest your love, you invest your life." --Marcus Mumford